{"nhtsa_id":612572,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-09","date":"2000-01-01","document_id":"8017","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"8017","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL CHIME REPEATEDLY WHIL DRIVING IF THE DRIVER'S SEAT-BELT IS NOT FASTENED BEFORE THE VEHICLE REACHES 3 MPH (5KPH). THE CHIME FEATURE WILL SOUND FOR 30 SECONDS, THEN STOP FOR 6 SECONDS, THEN SOUND FOR 30 SECONDS. THIS CHIMING PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR A DURATION OF 5 MINUTES OR UNTIL THE SEAT-BELT IS BUCKLED. CUSTOMERS CAN DISABLE THE SEAT-BELT MINDER WITHOUT GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612572","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"wiring","name":"Wiring and fuses","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"WINDSTAR","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_windstar"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}